Favorites of the 2000's

By: Sam Cooper

This is, by no means, a definitive list; nor are they in a definitive order. This is just a list of films that I thought were the best of the decade. And yes, I’m one of those people who consider The Lord of the Rings to be one entry.

• 01
  Memories of Murder
  Bong Joon-ho
• 02
  The Host
  Bong Joon-ho
• 03
  Zodiac
  David Fincher
• 04
  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  Peter Jackson
• 05
  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  Peter Jackson
• 06
  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  Peter Jackson
• 07
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 08
  28 Days Later
  Danny Boyle
• 09
  A History of Violence
  David Cronenberg
• 10
  In the Mood for Love
  Wong Kar-wai
• 11
  The Wrestler
  Darren Aronofsky
• 12
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  David Fincher
• 13
  There Will Be Blood
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• 14
  Amélie
  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• 15
  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  Andrew Dominik
• 16
  Revolutionary Road
  Sam Mendes
• 17
  Pan's Labyrinth
  Guillermo del Toro
• 18
  The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  Wes Anderson
• 19
  The Descent
  Neil Marshall
• 20
  Babel
  Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 21
  Hidden
  Michael Haneke
• 22
  Eastern Promises
  David Cronenberg
• 23
  Irreversible
  Gaspar Noé
• 24
  Coraline
  Henry Selick
• 25
  Antichrist
  Lars von Trier
• 26
  Talk to Her
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 27
  Ratatouille
  Brad Bird